Chapter 29-32 Summary

Cross receives a phone call from Florence Campbell, one of Naomi's law school classmates. She tells Cross that Naomi caused some problems in the dorm when she started dating Seth Samuel Taylor, Florence's cousin. She fell in love with Seth months earlier. The other students in the dorm were uncomfortable to have Seth, a black man and social worker who worked in the projects, spending time at the dorm. Seth was angry about racial injustice and chided some of the black female students as well as the housekeepers.

Next, Cross visits Taylor, who looks like he has not slept in days. He lives in a working-class area of Durham. His living room is filled with friends and neighbors there to help search for Naomi. He tells Cross that he has absolutely nothing to do with her disappearance and Cross believes him.